Seviya Kheer/Semiya ~ Vermicelli Pudding

 

 

 

I was clearing some stuff and found this photos in my folder which were lying there for ages now and then came the perfect opportunity to publish it for Shama’s  Kheer Festival

 

I believe that every things can be made in thousands of different way, which is same for Seviya Kheer or Semiya.  There must be so many different method and mine changes every then and now too, but that's what keep cooking interesting isn't it?

 

 

 

 

So here is my version:

Ingredients:

Seviya/Vermicelli - 1/2cup
Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 4 tbs [ to taste]
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tps
Cashew - few
Raisins - 1 tps
Pistachio - few [chopped]
Ghee/Clasified Butter - 1tbs [optional]

 

Method:

1. In a pan heat ghee, fry the cashews & keep aside OR dry roast the cashews in case of not using ghee.

2. In a same pan fry the seviya until golden brown and keep aside OR dry roast the seviya in case of not using ghee.

3. Boil milk & add fried seviya, sugar, half of cashew, raisins & pistachio.

4. Cook for 3-4 mins until seviya gets soft on medium flame.

5. Garnish with remaining nuts.  Serve hot or cold.

 

Enjoy your day…

Home Remedy

This post is for Home Remedies Series 2 guest hosted by Ruchikacooks, event by A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine.

 

Since I missed the previous event, I didn’t want to miss this one.  So here of few of remedies/tips which I know of, they are very simple and works great of course & guys all tested so no worries.

So let’s start:

 

Stomach: This is the best one always work for me and other people to whom I recommend.

Asafoetida/Hing - 1tsp

Coconut Oil - 1tbsp

Water - 2 tbsp

 

Apply all the ingredients together around naval area and massage for 10-15mins.  Add more water or oil if required, this will ease of the pain.  As simple as this :-)

Burn Marks/boils - This is another one which works magic, got this from one wonderful lady in Orkut

 

We all do get burns marks while working in kitchen and I don’t like the burn marks, looks so ugly rite so here apply Toothpaste on effected burnt area immediately after getting the burns and this is help to ease the burning pain too. Just apply a nice thin layer of toothpaste, don’t need to rub or do anything.  Wash off after 10-15mins.  If needed apply a layer of toothpaste again (though I never needed), and there will be no burn marks or boils.

 

 

Beauty: Oily Skin and Pimple marks

Chickpeas Flour/ Besan - 1tbps

Lemon Juice - few drops

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Rose Water for oily, combination skin OR Milk for normal, dry skin.

Mix all ingredients together with either rose water or milk and apply all over face and neck wash off with cold water after 10mins.  Do this everyday for one week and see the result. 

 

So that’s all for now, if I remember anything else will post again :)

 

Besan Chile Ki Sabji ~ Savory Pancake in Gravy

Hope everyone is good health and having good time with good food.  I know I'm not regular with blogging for long time now but it's just not happening I guess.  Every time I try to come up with a post and somehow it's like forget it. 

So anyways here am with something which I wanted to post for very long now and this time I thought I better do it.  Besan ki sabji or pappra ki sabji as we call it's a great side dish with rice or roti/paratha and quite easy to make. 

It's best serve in winter or rainy days, and as it's raining now a days here in SG it was our Saturday lunch.  So let's go straight to recipe then



For Chilla

Chickpeas Flour/Besan - 4 tbs [makes 3 medium size chilla]
Salt - to taste
Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Oil -
Water - 1/2 cup
Coriander Leaves - 1 tbs chopped [optional]


Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients except oil, add enough water to get thick pouring consistency batter with no lumps. [similar to dosa batter]

2. Keep aside for 10mins.

3. Heat a tava or grill, pour one ladle of batter and spread them outwards gently with the back of a ladle in circular motion. [Don't make very thin chilla]

4. Apply little oil around the corner and cook for 2mins or flip the chilla and cook for 2mins again on the other side.

5. Fold the chilla from side making 3 or 4 folds and cut them in 2" pieces.  [as shown in pic]

6. Repeat this for other chillas.

7. Deep fry or shallow fry the chilla pieces and keep aside. [This is to avoid the chillas from soaking all the gravy]

For Gravy

Onion - 2 medium
Tomato - 1 large
Green Chilly - 2-3 [according to taste]
Garlic pods - 2
Ginger - 1' piece
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilly Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1tbs [optional]
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2-3 tbs
Bay Leaf - 1
Water - 1 cup
Coriander Leaves - 2 tbs chopped [optional]

Method:

1. Cut onion n tomato in large chunks.

2. To save time I grind cumin, onion, garlic, ginger, green chilly together & keep aside.

3. Grind or finely chop tomato.

4. In a pan heat oil, add bay leaf and saute for 30sec to 1 min.

5. Add onion paste and saute until light brown.

6. Add red chilli, turmeric and salt and fry for a min.

7. Add chopped tomato or puree and cook until oil separates.

8.  Add water 1cup or little more, bring to boil. 

9. Add garam masala and stir. Adjust salt or spices if required now.

10. Add half of the coriander leaves and chilla peaces gently and cook for 1-2mins. [Chillas will become little soggy]

11. Garnish with remaining coriander leaves and serve with hot steam rice or paratha/roti.

Note: 

Do not let the curry sit for very long time.  The chilla absorb the gravy quickly and becomes very soggy.

Pasta with Stir fried Veggie & Chickpeas Salad

Hello All,

Hope all of you are doing fine and had a great new year start & Yes am fine too. It's been long since I blog, just caught up with few things guys and Thank U all for asking my well being.

Let's start with the Salad, it's a simple & colourful salad I made with just few hand picked things like:


Chickpeas Salad

Ingredients:

Chickpeas - 3 tbs [Soaked few hours and boiled]
Cucumber - 2 tbs [ finely chopped]
Carrot - 1 [finely chopped]
Grape - 2tbs [ chopped]
Salt - to sprinkle
Chat Masala - 1/2 tps
Spring Onion - 1 tbs [ finely chopped]


Method:

Toss all the ingredients and enjoy :-).. simple isn't it? :-) Ahh btw these spring onion are from my little garden...you can replace them with onion too.

For Pasta with Stir fried Veggies again simple pasta recipe and my recipe changes every now and then as I just add ingredients whatever I feel like.

Ingredients:

Shell Pasta - 2 cups
Carrot - 1 [ chopped]
Peas - 3 tbs [frozen]
Tomato - 2
Onion - 1
Soya Chunks - 6-8
Kasturi Methi - 2 tbs
Garlic - 2tbs [chopped]
Dry Red Chili - 6
Olive Oil - 3 tbs
Pepper - 1tps [crushed]
Salt - to taste
Water

Method:

1. Boil water in a large pot/pan with little salt and 1tbs of oil and cook pasta until done. Strain the pasta, run over cold water and keep aside.

2. Boil tomato, onion and red chilli for 5mins in hot water and puree it.

3. Soak soya chunks in hot water for 10mins, squeeze and keep aside.

4. Soak kasturi methi in hot water with 1/2 tps salt for 10mins. Discard the water and keep aside.

5. In a pan heat oil add chopped garlic and saute for a min.

6. Add chopped carrot and saute for 2mins, add peas [ boil the peas before if not using frozen ones], soya and mix well.

7. Add crushed pepper, methi and tomato puree, stir well.

8. Add salt and cook for 4-5mins, add boiled pasta stir well and cook for 2mins.

Our pasta is done.

And this post goes to dear Aru's Served with Love Event.

Happy New Year 2010

Dear All,

Wish U and Ur near ones Happy, Prosperous & Rocking 2010.

Diwali Celebration 2009

Dear All,

Hope all of U are doing great and had gud festive session, I know I have been away from blogosphere but was busy with work and home.  This year I didn't click many pics of Diwali just one or two here n there.  So here is the Diwali Celebration at my Sis's place and this post goes to Purva's Diwali Dhamaka event and hope I can be more regular in blog ...

Let's start the Diwali with Diyas...here is how sis and nephew recycle last year's diya to new ones....

And the colourful Rangoli...

Here is the lovely dinning table deco...

Here comes the beautiful potpourri....

And let's roundup with Puja place....

Enjoy your day ....

Happy Diwali

Wish U All Happy & Prosperous Diwali

Awards

 

Hello Guys....Hope all are fine....since I have many lovley awards from all the lovely people,  I thought it's better that I putup all the awards atleast now..before moving on let me tell you guys that  I currently in India and may be off blogging mode ....ya ya I know...so I don't think so I'll be able to do anything from there as am going 1st time to  my in-laws place after our wedding ...to think of that!.....so all of you stay gud, have fun and enjoy Navrathri....


And now coming to awards..thanks a lot to all of you for sharing the awards with me :)

Pinky, Shaista, Suma has shared with me Kreative Blogger Award, I love your Blog Award and One Lovely Blog Award I have put up the awards and tag here before.

Shaista, Renu has also shared with me 'A Fabulous Award'

Sireesha, Padam, Vani, Rekha, Mriganayani, PJ  has passed me Honest Scrap

Requirements:

I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it

I must list 10 honest things about myself

I must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.

I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links

I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

" Here comes my 10 honest things.."

1) Myself experiment a lot with food.
2) I'm a big fan of chaats and junk food!!
3) I wish to travel around the world!
4) I can do anything for others  but when it comes to me ...am bound by laziness :(.
5) I'm a big movie freak.
6) I don't like people lying to me...it's gets me in real temper specially with my team members and when I know they are lying..and when someone don't amend their way then it's way out for them! I'm getting sick of covering up! I believe if you do anything then bloody stand up for that!
7) I don't like people whom gossip, chit-chat, browse and do all the things in the world other than their work! 
8) I like to make new friends.
9) Family and friends are close to me.
10) I get sudden fits of new hobby, or any other things and they disappear suddenly in thin air too ;).

Sushma, Suma Shaista has shared Scrumptious Blog Award

It is the Scrumptious Blog Award -a blog award given to sites who:

• Inspire you Encourage You
  
• May give Fabulous information
  
• A great read
  
• Has Scrumptious recipes
  
• Any other reasons you can think of that make them Scrumptious!

The rules are:

Put the logo on your blog or post.
Nominate at least 7 blogs Let them know that they have received this Scrumptious award by commenting on their blog.

Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

Vidhya, Vani has tagged with me ABC Tag ..


Rules :

1) Link the person who tagged you .
2) Post the rules on your blog.
3) Share the ABC'S of you.
4) Tag 4 people at the end of the post by linking their blogs.
5) Let the 4 tagged people know that they have been tagged by you.
6) Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people,so that there is a big network of bloggers doing the tag.

Questions :

1) A - Available/Single - You are bit late...available to only DH now ;)
2) B - Best Friend ? -- hmm got lot of good friends
3) C - Cake or Pie ? Cake
4) D - Drink of choice ? - Depends on my mood .
5) E - Essential item you use every day ?  - Lot of things..the list is long
6) F - Favorite color ? - No favorite
7) G - Gummy Bears or Worms ? - Geee....
8) H - Hometown ? - What should be the correct answer for this....thinking......thinking....still thinking....
9) I - Indulgence ? - Changes every now n then!
10 ) J - January or February ? - What crap is this?
11) K - Kids and their names ? -NA
12) L - Life is incomplete without ? - Love
13) M - Marriage date ? - 5th Dec 2008
14) N - Number of siblings? - 4
15) O - Oranges or Apples ? - hmm both
16) P -- Phobias / Fears ? - Nothing that I know of....
17) Q - Quote for today ? - Life is beautiful
18) R - Reason to smile? - A funny joke perhaps?
19) S - Season ? spring - What got only summer here :p
20) T - Tag 4 people ? - Check the list below 
21) U - Unknown fact about me ? - It's unknown!
22) V - Vegetable you don't like ? - Hmm don't know!
23) W - Worst habit ? - Not doing what I suppose to do!
24 ) X - X-rays you've had ? - Took chest and Left kneex-rays a month back!
25) Y - Your favourite food ? - Good Food, am happy with it..
26 ) Z - Zodiac sign ? - Sagittarius


I would love to pass these awards and tags to Raks, Sheetal, Lubna, Aparna, Sonal, Jeyashri and to Priyanka.  If you have did the tag then ignore them.  Enjoy the awards ;)

Channa Daal Sabzi - Bengalgram Lentil Curry

Hello Foodies, hope all of U doing great with weekend around to relax ;) ...It's always happens with me that I won't have anything with me to cook, don't know about you guys. The same happen again one day I had nothing other than one onion and I had a brain storming session with the agenda of what to do :p...so you guys thought we can only brain storms for our projects ;) ...anyways coming back to this sabzi...I tried it for 1st time...my mom use to make this sabzi which has crunchy taste and a great help when we run out of things.


Here presenting Channa Daal Sabzi to all of you...

Serving: 2-3 persons

Ingredients:

Channa Daa/Bengalgram Lentil - 1/2 Cup
Onion - 1 large
Greenchilli - 3
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Dry Redchilli - 1
Ginger-garlic paste - 1tsp [optional]
Redchilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp [optional]
Curry Leaves - few [optional]
Coriander leaves - [optional]
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tbs



Method:

1. Wash and saok daal in water for 1 hour. [U can soak more than 1 hour too]

2. Slice onion and green chilli.

3. Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds and let it crack, add dry chilli, onion, green chilli, curry leaves and stir well.

4. Add ginger garlic paste, mix well and cook till onion becomes light brown.

5. Add all the powder masala, stir and cook for a min.

6. Drain water from daal and keep aside.

7. Add daal in to pan, mix well and cook for a min.

6. Add the drain water or fresh water 1cup, give a gud stir.

7. Cover with lid and cook in medium flame for 10 mins.

8. Add salt, stir and cook for another 10mins. Daal should be cook but not very soft, it should be crunchy.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Note: I didn't add coriander leaves and garam masala.
You can also add tomato.

Enjoy your weekend...

FestiveFood:Raksha Bandhan 09 Roundup

Dear All, Hope everyone is doing fine and enjoying the festive season. Today we will checkout Festive Food: Raksha Bandhan roundup, thanks to all for sending delicious entries and making once again this event happening.

Let's celebrate once again Rakhi .....

Dear Rush from Memoirs of Everyday Life has this lovely post over Rakhi about her childhood memeories of Rakhi, past and present :)..you got to really read the post to enjoy it...here is Rakhi sent over her SIL for her hubby and along with Sabudana Kheer she made.

I tied my niece Meenu's Rakhi to my nephew Kedar and made simple dinner but didn't manage to take any pics..here is the Rakhi thali.

During my Chennai trip in Jul 09 I clicked some Rakhi pics in the market here it is to share with you all ...:)

Some funky ones

Ever thought of celebrating Rakhi with Kulfi? No?? Then get the idea from Bhawana's space...she has sent us delicious looking Gulkand Kulfi...with celebration of her blog 2 years...

Preeti from Khaugiri has sent lovely and delicious Naralachi Vadi or Coconut Burfi, check her blog for the other details of Rakhi and Shravan month.

Pari from Fooddelicious has sent this delicious Bread and Butter Pudding which she made along with filling meal. Check her space for all Rakhi details

As I said before Semiya Paayasam (Seviya) has to be a entry for any event..this is the most desirable dessert I think, Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes has sent us all yummy Microwave Semiya Paayasam which she made along with peas pulav, paneer masala and guess what all in microwave....you got to check her post for that :)

Prasu from Prasu Kitchen has sent us Baadusha and Kaju Katli which can be made in jiffy...yummoo..to make all of us drool....

Purva from Purva's Daawat made Kalakand for Rakhi to celebrate with family and friends and read up her post to know the real story behind this yummy sweet.

Kamala from Cook@Ease has shared with us Rakhi celebration and also delicious Rawa Milk Halwa that was prepared to enjoy the festive, here is the gift from her son to her daughter for Rakhi..along with milk halwa, visit her space for the recipe and interesting writeup.

Next up is Rekha from Plantain Leaf made this delicious Coconut Burfi and gladly share with us all for our little event, check her blog for the yummy recipe.

So, that's all from me..Hope you all enjoyed the event as I did. Let me thanks you all once again, if I have missed out any of your entry kindly inform me and have a good day.

Potato & Carrot Fry with Sesame

Allo,

How r u All? Hope everyone gud. Wish you all Happy Teacher's Day again as today it's celebrated in India.  Here is simple potato carrot fry which I tried with some Sesame, since I didn't had much with me only 2 potato and 1 carrot! This is very stir fry but tasted gud with Daal Chawal/ Rice and Lentil or try with roti/paratha.

Serving: 2-3 Persons

Ingredients:

Carrot - 1
Potato - 2
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fennel Seeds - 1/2 sp
Sesame Seeds - 1tsp
Redchilli Powder - 1tsp
Coriander Powder - 3/4 tsp [optional]
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp [optional]
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2tbs


Method:

1. Wash, peel and chop potato & carrot.

2. In a pan heat oil, add cumin and fennel seeds let them crack.

3. Add potato and stir well, cover up with lid and cook in medium flame for 2mins.

4. Now add chopped carrot, stir cover up with lid and cook in medium flame for 4-5mins.

5. Add all the powder masala, mix and cook for a min.

6. Add salt and sesame seeds mix well and cook for 2mins or until potato and carrot turns soft.

Sprinkle little sesame and server.

Enjoy your weekend :-)